The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-03-26

oh. the best friend in all the world-made
me promise not 10 do anything until l
heard from him again.
$50 | thought said Lady Glenayerll.
That dear, amiable, charming old Colonel
| of ours. who knows no more of the world
than baby, and who is, believe, IN love
with Won himself
No, no: how dare you say such things!"
| cried Lefty.
MY dear child, YOU are too simple to
live" returned Lady Floras sister. Now,
stop here a moment" She held Lefty s I'M
willing hands, and made her sit down on
stool at her feet DO you suppose mean
to blame you for having winning face and
q charming manner, and for making all
the men wild about you? OF course not
you can't help it, but you can help making
serious mistakes.
She paused, and Lefty asked her, IN Il
faint voice, what she meant.
Il am going to be very rude, answered
Lady Glensyeril. 81 am going to answer
| your question by asking another. Colonel
Lyndon has. it appears, told you and my
cousin that he was leaving London. Where
do you suppose he is going? Now, don't
/ tell me"-she put her finger under the girls
/ chin and made her lift her burning face
/ that you have made no guess. You think,
what happen to know, that he has gone
4 off to the North, and that he means, if his
oratory can effect anything-and he is Il
most irresistible person - to have you
/ brought back in triumph as"
"Oh! stop, stop! for PHYS sake, cried
! Lefty. Il cannot bear il"
You must bear it, my dear child. You
must think of others as well as yourself;
We all must" said the devoted to- herself
/ lady, as she touched caressingly the deli
t cate and priceless fabric with which her
F.! dress was trimmed. you cannot think"
| she went on softly, that it is pleasant for
me to talk to You in this way. If had
consulted my own feelings, should have
let things take their course; but when l see
that, for want of a few plain words, three
or four lives may be ruined, what am l
to do?"
She had touched the right chord. Be
fore she had come TO the end of this little
speech, Lefty had lifted her head and set
her lips together. For their sakes-oh! she
was ready to do anything-everything If
she sutfered--if she died-what matter!
please say whatever YOU think right"
she said, in a firm voice. u hope l shall
be able-I hope God will give me strength
TO do what is right" We have no space to
put down fully the conversation that fol-
Glenaveril was that she stood in the wav
of Percy's interests. But for her he would
have persevered in his suit with the heiress,
and there could be little doubt that he
would in the end have been successful.
"But now" said Lady Glenaveril, "he will
hear of YOU from the Colonel, and he will
fancy himself wildly in love one of his
loves must be fancy you know and he will
rush back here and throw himself at your
feet.
That he never will-never-never" said
Lefty, who was trembling from head to
foot.
TWAS all so natural-that he had guessed
her secret-ah, poor Lefty! where-how-
did it escape you?-that his generosity
that the generosity of the others-C Colonel
Lyndon, her dear Lady Flera, Mr.. Win
stanley-should lead them TO have pity
upon her and uron him. He could be SO
eloquent. Not loving her, but plying her,
perhaps admring her, wishing, after his
generous nature, that another should not
suffer as he had done, he would plead with
his parents, and the Colonel, her true
friend-he would plead too and they
would yield-they would send for her. He
would do what Lady Glenaveril had said,
he would ask her-ask her what he had
asked Veronica, and even now. knowing all
she knew how could she resist him?
All this. and much more, flashed through
Lettys brain In less than moment of time
and meantime Lady Glenaveril wdrbled
on But you must do nothing desperate
no running away, you know, or
anything melodramatic of that sort. Just
remain here, and when he comes, try to
look stony. There, if you put on that ex-
preston, it will do charmingly. And then
somebody more suitable-that dear, self
sacrificing old Colonel, perhaps-a much
richer man than Percy, blythe by-why"-
Lefty was swaying to and fro as if she
would fall-"what is it? You don't, surely
Il am not very strong just now, said
Lefty. 9! he heat: 1 suppose-or-ah!
yes, it is winter"
The depth of winter, my dear, and this
little room is as cold as a cellar. l think
Will see what my cousin is alb ut"
With a friendly nod toward Lefty, Lady
| Glenaveril glided out of the ante-room
and resumed the task which this unpleas-
ant little interlude had interrupted, of max
ing herself agreeable to her friends. As
for Lefty, she sat for few moments where
she had been left. She was trying to real
| lie herself-trying to understand what had
happened. 1t had come upon her with
the suduenness of an electric shock,
and at the first moment g felt as if
she had been dreaming. What was all
this that bad been sounding in her
ears? She had, of her own free viii, left
| Castle Ettrick. This might be one reason
for their thinking-Letty was alone and
yet the burning color swept over her neck
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS would they
think? She buried her face in her hands.
Oh! if she might only hide herself where
no one would ever find her again.
Like a with burden of naeGjopafa
meaning some of the words she had lately
heard began to repeat themselves in her
brain. Run away or do anything melo-
dramatic of that kind. Run away-melo-
dramatic. 1t was curious how the words
became linked III her mind. Would it be
that to run away? She did not exactly
understand the meaning of the term, but
thought it had something to do with acting
playing part. Then there was some
one who judged her running away 80, who
thought that she had gone, letting her
friends know where she went, and expect
ing them to follow her. Cold as it was in
the little darkened room, Lefty felt as if
she were being wrapped in garment of
flame
She came to herself with a shudder
i his time, If she went away, no one should
know where she had gone-no one-not
even Colonel Lyndon, who was so kind
too kind-who lad asked her to be his
daughter. He would be sorry. Hot tears
the first she had shed since Lad Glen
averil spoke to her-f filed Lettys eyes as
she thought of his disappointment He
would think her ungrateful. SO would
others-kind Mrs. Morton. perhaps even
Lady Flora: the one had taken her in, the
other had provided this refuga for her: but
when she had gone, and when everything
came rght-lhen they would understand
and forgive her.
But it must be really going away. She
Wis ed she might go on board ship bound
for a distant country. Here the girl
stopped in her thinking, and began to
tremble violently. Going on board shipl
Surely she had heard some one speak of
such thing lately, A wild spring-up of
hope, followed Immediately by such
sinking of heart as she had never
before felt in her lifetime, made her, for
moment faint and sick. In the next mo-
ment she drew herself together, passed her
hands ov her hair, triel TO compose her
( face and went into the NEXT room